An activist representing accused teen killer Karmelo Anthony has a lengthy criminal history that includes a conviction on child abuse charges and allegations of domestic violence from a former romantic partner, according to past reports.
Minister Dominique Alexander, the appointed spokesperson for the alleged teen murderer, has previously been charged with multiple felonies for which he served almost zero prison time, according to local reports.
Back in 2009, Alexander was arrested for shaking and hitting the 2-year-old child of his then-girlfriend with an object, according to Fox 4 Dallas.
He was convicted of the charges in 2011, receiving two years of probation from a Dallas court.
However, in 2016, the activist was sentenced to two years in prison for multiple violations of that probation — but only served eight days in prison for two listed infractions of traveling out of state, according to the Dallas Morning News.
During this probation period, Alexander was indicted on felony forgery charges in Jan. 2013, according to the Dallas Observer.
In 2017, the minister was arrested on felony theft charges of property between $2,500 and $30,000 — garnering a possible sentence of 20 years in prison due to his previous forgery conviction, the Dallas Observer reported.
In the most recent legal infraction, Alexander was indicted in 2019 on felony assault charges in a domestic violence case stemming from his actions against then girlfriend and baby mama Keyaira D. Saunders, according to WFAA.
Saunders accused Alexander of pushing, choking, and head-butting her during several altercations — but the mother of two decided against proceeding with a trial, the local ABC affiliate station reported at the time.
Alexander is the president and CEO of “Next Generation Action Network” which has come to the side of 17-year-old Anthony, a Texas high schooler accused of fatally stabbing fellow athlete Austin Metcalf through the heart at a track meet on April 2.
Next Generation Action Network has proudly publicized their efforts to provide aid and comfort to the accused killer — posting on social media a video of activists dramatically escorting Anthony from Collin County Jail while shielding him from media questions.
“This is what team NGAN looks like. This is what people-powered justice looks like,” the minister wrote in the post.
On Thursday, Alexander held a news conference on the case that was crashed by Jeff Metcalf, father of the slain teen, much to the dismay of the minister-activist.
“Anyone who truly knows me understands how hard today’s press conference was for me,” Alexander said in a Facebook post.
“I was deeply upset by the fact that the father would do what he did. It showed his true colors and proved that, while we were working to handle the situation appropriately, he was undermining the process,” Alexander wrote.
“This is not an act of mourning — it was a delibrate distraction, an intentional disruption of an important moment. I don’t care what anyone says: he had no right to be there.”
Anthony and his family have faced intensified scrutiny after it was revealed they are now renting a $900K home in a gated community and bought a new car despite requesting a judge to lower his $1 million bond because of financial difficulties.
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